Peake first appealed Deputy in the Ministry of Defence Vlastimil Pick

PRAGUE (MEDIAFAX) - The new defense minister Karolina Peake (PEOPLE) day after his arrival at the new Department has made significant personnel changes. Appealed first Deputy resort Vlastimil Pick, Director of the National Armaments Director Paul Bulant and Frantisek Sulc Cabinet, confirmed Mediafax ministry spokesman Jan Pejsek.

Minister did not like the first deputy holds the former Chief of Staff Vlastimil Picek, which it views as contrary to the principle of civilian control of the military. Function is considered to be an eminently political and Pick's replacement wants to look in concert with coalition partners.

"To Mr. Vlastimil Pick military general behave express admiration and gratitude for all you did for the army and the Czech Republic. Sincerely hope that they understand the reasons for my decision, and that we agree on other forms of cooperation," said the Minister.Former Chief of Army Staff General Picek is one of the leading Czech experts, because it also resort after the end of his career in the army brought Alexandr Vondra.

The resort leaves and other key men. Exit is the Deputy Minister of Defence and the Defence Acquisition (interim) and Director of the National Office for Armament Department of Defense Brigadier General Paul Bulant. The reason is probably orders for uniforms for soldiers.

"The fact he repeatedly failing veřejnou contract are not basic needs of soldiers, supported by the Office for Protection of Competition, which states violating the laws of the Czech Republic to publication of this public engagement is a compelling reason to provide direct responsibility for the above-mentioned facts," said the Pejsek.

In this context, Peake also announced that in the near future intends to proceed to a full zcivilnění so-called civilian part of the ministry. "As part of this step will be the National Office for Armament occupied soldier in active service," added the boy with the fact that it will also be canceled Deputy Defense for acquisition, which is, according to Minister redundant.

The third officer, who will have to leave the ministry, the former director of the Cabinet Minister Frantisek Sulc.

A new decision harshly criticized the Minister of opposition. Under the shadow defense minister for the CSSD Jan Hamáček Peake's Thursday decision in direct contradiction with what still advised in the middle. The minister had said that it will not resort to perform some carpet bombing the staffing office. But her decision Hamáček called the atomic bomb.

"I expected that the Minister who has no experience with the Ministry of Defence, will reserve some time for it to be at all familiar with what happens at the office, and what individual managers are doing and showcasing some of the public and the military concept. She without any time to become familiar with the resort come with such a fundamental change, "criticizes the shadow minister.

According to his words was Picek man who prepared a series of legislative documents, relating to national security. Among other things, it was the evidence of the mobilization or active reserves and also dealt with the Swedish party negotiations on further leasing Gripen fighters.

"His appeal these processes are very disturbed, especially when the minister admitted that there have no idea who first deputy Pick revoked and replaced by another," he added Hamáček, with the risk ofdestabilization of the armed forces, which would allow the government did not have.